Technology: The catch in cholesterol-free milk

RESEARCHERS in the US claim to have perfected a technique that removes 90 per cent of the cholesterol from milk. The team at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York State, plan to sell their idea to the dairy industry in the US as the basis for a range of cholesterol-free dairy products. However, the milk that they have processed contains just as much saturated fat as whole milk. Nutritionists now agree that the more saturated fat you eat, the more cholesterol is carried in your blood. Last week, the results of research at the Royal Free Hospital, in London, published in the British Medical Journal, confirmed that raised levels of cholesterol in the blood increase your risk of heart disease.

In the US, where health authorities have publicised the role that cholesterol in the blood plays in causing heart disease, people may buy cholesterol-free produce while continuing to eat saturated ...

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